How to say "spawn" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 卵たまごnounCovers the noun: 'spawn' as the eggs themselves — the mass of eggs a fish or frog lays in water. It is really the everyday word for 'egg(s)', so think of it as eggs first.
- 生み付けるうみつけるichidan verb, transitive verbCovers the verb: to lay or spawn eggs, the action rather than the substance. It is a less common word, and its basic meaning is simply to lay eggs.
For the noun 'spawn' — the eggs of fish, frogs and the like — use 卵, the ordinary word for eggs; for the verb, an animal laying or spawning eggs, use 「生み付ける」, the less common of the two.
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